Invention: Plant Re-modeler
Source: Doraemon World — Future Tech Company.
Effect: It can be used to transform plants into all kinds of food. Each type of food has its own plant modifier. Insert the needle into the plant to inject it, and afterward, the plant will blossom and bear fruit. Open the fruit, and you can obtain the food you want to eat.
This is the Plant Re-modeler, which comes with all kinds of food, originating from Doraemon's world.
(Note: Doraemon: Nobita and the Haunts of Evil, Page 49)
It is also a tool that can satisfy various food needs.
It first appeared in the 1982 movie Doraemon: Nobita and the Haunts of Evil.
The story tells of Nobita and his friends, who are led by Peko, as they embark on a dangerous journey into the hidden kingdom in Africa.
On their journey, Nobita and his friends become hungry, and Doraemon first pulls out his gadget, the Delivery Telephone.
However, Takeshi argues that ordering takeout in the underworld would ruin the atmosphere of adventure, so Doraemon replaces it with a different tool: the Plant Re-modeler.
By injecting this magical agent into plants, they can obtain all sorts of food that everyone wants to eat.
When Machi and Uvogin mentioned the foods they wanted, Luke immediately thought of this invention and injected it into this very tree.
"Here, this is yours."
Luke handed Machi the new black coconut fruit.
Click.
She gently opened it, and the steam rising from it instantly filled her face.
"Seafood fried rice, try it!"
Luke introduced it with a smile.
Machi's eyes were already fixed on the bowl of fried rice in her hand.
Every grain of rice was fried to a golden brown, as if coated in a unique sauce.
There was also a golden scrambled egg as a garnish, and the undisputed protagonists…
"Shrimp, fish, octopus legs, squid whiskers..."
In the screening room, Chrollo muttered word by word, recalling from the videotapes the marine creatures he had studied and identifying each one of them.
And with every name he spoke, Pakunoda beside him swallowed her saliva.
Compared to the chunks of meat, the seafood fried rice, visually speaking, actually caught the girls' attention even more.
Machi couldn't help herself. She picked up the wooden spoon that came with the box and scooped a spoonful of rice directly into her mouth.
She was very particular about this spoonful, including rice, egg, shrimp, and squid, everything.
Just enough for her to take in most of the essence of the seafood fried rice with just one bite!
"Hmm..."
Machi's tongue trembled as she savored the flavor for the first time.
It was as if a force from the depths of the ocean washed over her.
She felt the ocean's depth and richness, flowing down her throat and spreading throughout her body!
"..."
Machi was silent for a moment, perhaps savoring the taste. Then, she quickly lifted her spoon and shoveled mouthful after mouthful of seafood fried rice into her mouth.
Her eating wasn't as frantic as Uvogin's, but her speed and frequency were certainly impressive.
Soon, the portion of seafood fried rice was dwindling at a noticeable rate.
"As long as you like it..."
Seeing the two of them munching away, Luke chuckled and picked up another modification agent.
Well, the sight of them eating so heartily was making him hungry.
He himself hadn't eaten yet.
Crack, slurp, snap.
Inject, fruit, pluck, open, done in one go.
"I won't be polite then."
Looking at the overflowing portion of potato and braised pork rice inside his fruit, Luke's face broke into a heartfelt smile.
Chomp.
After sending a spoonful into his mouth, his smile grew even brighter.
"As expected, the food back home is still better, more fragrant..."
Luke sighed with a sense of comfort and then simply sat down on the ground, also quietly eating.
For a while, the forest was utterly silent.
There was only the sound of the three people shoveling food into their mouths, chewing, and swallowing.
But the surrounding fragrance lingered, slowly spreading outward.
Until…
"Uvogin?!"
A cry filled with surprise, yet tinged with anger, echoed from the forest.
"Huh?!"
Uvogin, happily enjoying his food, instinctively looked up at the sound of his own name.
Then, he saw the familiar duo reappear in his sight.
"So it's you two defeated losers..."
Uvogin gulped, swallowing the food in his mouth. "What? You're so impatient to get beaten up again, huh?!"
He speaks while wiping the meat juice from the corner of his mouth.
Phinks: "..."
He glared at Uvogin, his eyes filled with hatred.
In fact, they had come here planning to secretly check what smelled so delicious.
If they had the chance, they would have snatched some to enjoy.
But after they arrived, they saw Uvogin munching on meat through the trees.
Phinks immediately lost control.
We get beaten up so badly, while you're here feasting on meat and delicacies?!
We are grimacing in pain, while you're stuffing your mouth so full with food you can't even close it?!
We have to camp out in the wind and rain, sneaking around just to repair a motorcycle, while you sit here eating to your heart's content, with the greasy juices dripping from your mouth making us drool uncontrollably?!
Phinks's resentment boiled over until it nearly exploded into sky-high rage.
Unable to contain himself any longer, he leaped out, shouting Uvogin's name.
"Hand over your meat (food), Uvogin!"
He stared intently at Uvogin, or rather, the meat in Uvogin's hand.
Phinks had never felt such a deep desire for a single piece of food as he did now!
"So you're trying to steal my food this time..."
Uvogin's mouth curled up, revealing a hilariously infuriating smile.
"No!"
With that, he swiftly poured the remaining chunks of meat from the black coconut into his mouth.
Slurp.
The aroma of tender, rich flesh instantly filled his mouth.
"You damned thing..."
Phinks could only stare helplessly as Uvogin stuffed all that food into his mouth and chewed it savagely with his teeth.
But he couldn't stop it and could only helplessly witness it all.
He was furious, wishing he could rush forward and bite Uvogin to death, then tear him into pieces.
Especially when he saw Uvogin fling the juices from his hand away, his eyes grew even more envious.
They didn't even have a drop of broth to drink, and yet Uvogin was being so wastefully extravagant.
It was so enviable that Phinks grit his teeth to the point of nearly shattering them with envy.
"Today, no matter what you say, you're staying right here!"
Phinks was brimming with anger, ready to vent: "Perfect, let's settle all the scores!"
Feitan nodded beside him.
But his eyes were fixed on the food in Luke and Machi's hands.
Gurgle...
His stomach growled subtly.
"I think you said the same thing the last time you came to see me..."
Uvogin mumbled, swallowing down the food in his mouth.
Then he raised his fist at Phinks: "But last time, I beat you to a pulp..."
"Huh?"
Phinks's eyebrow-less brow twitched rapidly: "It was just my motorcycle that was affected!"
He chuckled in anger: "If I hadn't been focused on protecting my motorcycle, how could you have possibly gotten away?!"
"You're all talk, your mouth is tougher than your balls."
"And your fists are softer than a woman's tits!"
The two of them traded crude insults, slinging filthier words by the second, about to explode into a brawl.
"I swear, you two..."
Just as the two were on edge, ready to rub their fists together for a good fight, Luke rolled his eyes: "Can't you see there are people eating here?!"
"Whose appetite are you trying to spoil by saying things like that?!"
"Tsk!"
On hearing this, Uvogin turned his head away. He didn't even bother looking at Phinks, leaving him with a blunt mockery.
After all, he had just eaten Luke's food, so he had to give him that much face.
Uvogin wasn't the type to take the food and then immediately start cursing the cook.
"Huh?!"
Instead, Phinks, for the first time, shifted his gaze from Uvogin to Luke.
"Did you give these foods to Uvogin and Machi?!"
It had to be said that the Enhancers' instincts were really sharp.
He also instantly recognized who was the main source of these foods.
Well, it was mainly because Uvogin and Machi were usually broke.
Just being able to barely fill their stomachs was a blessing, let alone eat such a good meal.
This fact made him swallow his saliva even now.
"It's me, what's wrong?"
"If it's you, then that makes it easy..."
Phinks's mouth twitched, and then…
"In that case..."
The same expression he'd worn before with Chrollo, trying to appear as affable as possible, yet also appearing incredibly ferocious, reappeared on his face: "Do you have any other food?!"
"Yes, I do. Why do you want some?"
Seeing Phinks's amusing expression, Luke's lips slowly curved upward.
'Of course, what kind of question is that?!'
Phinks cursed inwardly, his throat bobbing as he swallowed, while forcing his face to look as pleasant as possible.
But before he could speak, Luke continued: "If you want to eat..."
"You can beg me."
Phinks: "...?"
Feitan also turned his head and squinted at Luke.
Uvogin, standing beside him, grinned at this.
"Phinks, you idiot, you still have this day!"
Looking at Phinks's stunned expression, he couldn't help but feel a surge of gloating.